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WBAL-TV 11 News has learned that a number of police accountability bills have either been killed or are on life support. The demise of the bills come as a shock and because of the widespread community support.

Advocates of legislation holding police more accountable for their conduct have marched, rallied, lobbied and testified.

Law enforcement responded in large numbers, too, but in opposition and police got the ear of committee chairman Delegate Joe Vallario.

Vallario said not all of the bills will be voted out of the committee.

The Officer’s Bill of Rights won't be voted on. Changes would have made misconduct cases easier to file, investigate and prosecute.

"I don't see any bill that's going to change the F.O.P. Bill of rights," Vallario said.

An ACLU investigation uncovered 109 police-involved deaths in Maryland during the past four years.

The study took more than a year to complete because the state has no unified system to report them. A bill to create one is not likely to survive.

Most ACLU-backed bills have either already failed or are on life support.

"(I'm) surprised, amazed and incredibly disappointed. I mean the Maryland Legislature has the opportunity right now. We are at an incredible moment in time where they have an opportunity to do something good," ACLU Policy Director Sara Love said.

A body cam bill supported by the Maryland Sheriffs’ Association is not going anywhere.

"There's a lot of issues with that, issues with that bill, because there are so many complicated legal problems," Vallario said.

Several bills allowing an independent prosecutor to handle police misconduct cases have been tabled.

"I don't see those moving. As a matter of fact, the state prosecutor came in and said he couldn't handle it," Vallario said.

The bills were sponsored by the city delegation.

"The atmosphere regarding police conduct is very troubling right now. I think they look to people like legislators to try and come up with a way we can reaffirm our trust in police officers, reaffirm the transparency," said Delegate Curt Anderson, Baltimore City Delegation chairman.

Since the committee chairman has concerns about these bills and it is so late in the session, even the bills on life support are unlikely to move.